Meet Veronica Cordonnier | General Mindset Coach

We had the good fortune of connecting with Veronica Cordonnier and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Veronica, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
I help people who have rarely, if ever, felt heard, like they belong, or like they are powerful to feel into their personal power, capability, badassery and sense of accomplishment to feel into their own confidence so that they can show up to their lives lit up and ready to help themselves thrive and through thriving are able to help others like themselves or with less privilege and power than themselves. People who have been through a lot are more able to shoulder difficult emotions and persevere through them but most don’t know that they don’t have to live in those low or difficult emotions all of the time to survive and that actually tapping into their own joy, safety and security doesn’t require the outside world changing but their inside world to transform into the person who already has everything they’ve ever wished for. This is possible for you today and that’s what I sell my clients and deliver to them in every session.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I grew up in a family of musicians and have dabbled in music my whole life, it is one of my deepest passions. I went to a fine arts college in Portland, Oregon, far from my hometown of Plano, TX and received the conceptual art education of a lifetime. While many of my college mates might have had issues with our school (and really the issue goes deeper to the cost of higher education across our country, especially for an arts education) I felt deeply privileged and lucky to be able to attend school where and when I did. It was not easy for me or my parents but I believe I received everything I needed there and more to move into the post school life I walked into. I dabbled in production, writing, and directing short films, as well as working in the service industry, retail, and finally field fundraising work and project management for PBS and NPR stations around the country. From there I graduated myself to life coaching with all of my experience in the arts, service work, as well as in straddling both corporate and non-profit sectors, and extensively training others in fundraising and leadership for 3 years. I share all of these parts of my story because I believe it’s all my creative construction of a very values based and forward moving career which has culminated in me becoming an entrepreneur, an identity I craved long before making the big jump for it in 2020.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
My favorite place in the city is the trinity river levee, basin, and Margaret Hunt Hill bridge park. It has an expansively beautiful view of downtown and the surrounding city, and I always enjoy it best at golden hour on a clear sunny day. From there I’d likely go to La Ventana on the edge of Uptown for a margarita or two before venturing into the Dallas arts district to enjoy a museum visit or walk along Klyde Warren park. At some point in the week we would have to venture through Bishop Arts to take in the shops and stop in for an empanada at Espumoso Cafe. I would definitely make it a point to stop into my friend Cindy’s chocolate shop, CocoAndre Chocolatier on 7th street. If it was a Thursday or Saturday we would have to enjoy a little karaoke at Barb’s Pavillion, the lovely gay dive-bar in our neighborhood. Another Dallas favorite is the Double Wide bar and/or Thunderbird Station for fun drinks, good music, and an inevitable run in with someone I know from here or there hanging out. If we wanted a bountiful and delicious southern style meal we’d certainly stop at Celebration, and when we want an over the top brunch we’d go to Breadwinner’s, the original in Uptown. The trip would not be complete without a trip to an Asian restaurant or two, likely Jeng Chi in Richardson, and/or Thai food at Royal Thai, Sakkhu Thai, or Crushcraft. I could go all day talking up restaurants in Dallas, after all I do guide Food Tours for extra cash on the side through Food Tours of America. Lastly I’d make sure we had a good tex-mex meal at Mi Ranchito or Mexican Seafood at La Calle Doce with a big fishbowl margarita before the week was done. Depending on what my friend was into I’d lean into either more outdoor or indoor activities. I’m great at taking budgets into account and finding the rough gems of my city and letting them shine. I’m a Jill of all trades and have vast knowledge about Dallas in particular as I love adventuring and exploring.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
First and foremost Kara Loewentheil, Master Feminist Life Coach, who has given me the gift of coaching and self belief, as well as not one but two scholarships to her programs. This year I will be getting my advanced certification in feminist coaching through her program. I’m so excited! Another coach who I have absorbed so much from and have also been able to de-condition a lot of my own internalized shame through has been Simone Seol and her Joyful Marketing program, which I recommend to any neurodivergent business owners out there.

I also want to tip my hat to Don Miguel Ruiz and his sons who have written a number of books on ancient Toltec knowledge and wisdom which have helped me tap into my own spirituality and inner belief about divinity and how it presents in each and every one of us.

Website: www.biconsciouscoaching.com

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Image Credits
Krystal Dawn Photography